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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

April 26, 2021

The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books…
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April 26, 2021

New links of interest to those interested in philosophy…
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Surprise! There’s Philosophy About That

April 23, 2021

If you ask a person on the street what philosophy is about, that person may respond with…
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Journal of Controversial Ideas Publishes Inaugural Issue

April 23, 2021

The Journal of Controversial Ideas has published its inaugural issue.
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Database of Prospective Candidates for Diversity-Related Fellowships & Post Docs

April 23, 2021

This Daily Nous item is temporarily unavailable while its historical content completes a security review. The title and publication record are preserved; the original…
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British Journal for the History of Philosophy Awards Best Article Prize

April 22, 2021

The British Journal for the History of Philosophy has announced the recipient of the 2020 Rogers Prize—its annual prize for the best article it publishes.
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April 22, 2021

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Jargon for Trouble (guest post by Maximilian Noichl)

April 21, 2021

The following guest post* was prompted by last week’s inquiry about whether philosophy papers with more jargony titles get cited less. Maximilian Noichl (University…
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“Incompetence”, “Arrogance”, “Misunderstanding”

April 20, 2021

Last month we had a very active post with readers submitting their “Philosophy Journal Horror Stories.” The following story, recounted by Nathan Salmon (UCSB),…
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Mind Chunks

April 20, 2021
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Minorities and Philosophy Fundraising Campaign

April 20, 2021

Minorities and Philosophy (MAP), a network of philosophy graduate student organizations whose mission is to “address structural injustices in academic philosophy and to remove…
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Concerns about Institutional Credit for Public Philosophy

April 20, 2021

When it comes to professional advancement, such as tenure and promotion, more and more philosophy departments are giving faculty credit for public philosophy—usually as…
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April 19, 2021

New additions to the Heap of Links…
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Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update

April 19, 2021

The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books…
Philosophy Job Market

Arvan’s 2021 Philosophy Jobs Report

April 16, 2021

How many tenure track positions in philosophy were advertised during the 2020-2021 job market season?
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APA Creates “Beyond the Academy” Online Resources

April 15, 2021

The American Philosophical Association (APA) has created an online version of its set of resources for those with philosophical training who are seeking employment…
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Jargon & Citation in Philosophy

April 15, 2021

A study of papers published in academic science journals on the topic of “cave science” found that “papers containing higher proportions of jargon in…
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$2 Million Gift Endows Kierkegaard Chair at St. Olaf

April 14, 2021

The Department of Philosophy at St. Olaf College will soon have a new endowed position—the Kierkegaard Chair in Christian Philosophy—thanks to a $2 million…
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To φ Or Not To φ

April 13, 2021
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April 13, 2021

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“Professors can’t fix the problem on their own” — Victor Kumar on what university administrators need to do address AI's threat to higher education
“The wall between jus ad bellum and jus in bello, which had sustained his theory for almost half a century, was no longer sturdy” — a profile of Michael Walzer, focusing on his thoughts about just war theory and the Israeli-Palestine conflict
We may think that we lose something significant when AI beats us to a discovery — if we do, Daniel Greco says, that seems to imply we gained something significant, too
“Once upon a time there were a couple of handsome naturalistic philosophers working in and around the philosophy of fiction” — thoughts on new directions in philosophy of fiction, from several philosophers
What is the debate over whether transwomen are women even about? — Katie Zhou argues that it's about which facts are granted "the cross-contextual significance and stickiness characteristic of gender"
We’re putting human brain cells into mice brains — One moral risk of this, says Mackenzie Graham, is a decrease in our ability to interpret what mice behavior tells us about their experiences and welfare
The Rawls Game — with instructions, background, advice, and downloadable character cards
“The central question would shift from ‘How do we maximize shareholder value?’ to ‘How do different forms of organization distribute power, risk and reward — and which should we strengthen?'” — Chris Marquis on the case for abolishing, or at least radically changing, business schools
Asking “How did I get here?” may help us reflect on the nature of personal identity in ways that asking “Who am I?” cannot — Marya Schechtman's 2024 Central Division Meeting Presidential Address
“Collecting is a game, but what kind of game? It is an imperfect information game of acquisition” — a theory of collecting, from Steven Hales
“A general human tendency: to overestimate how far we have come in the progress of human knowledge” — a lengthy interview with Thomas Nagel
“Many couples do not survive trauma like this” — A profile of Susan Brison—who was brutally attacked in 1990, and who wrote about it in Aftermath—and her husband, Thomas Trezise, who has now written his own book stemming from those events
“Bad AI Consciousness Takes” Bingo Card — Henry Shevlin's area of specialization is becoming a popular topic in popular discourse, and he can't stand the "cavalcade of terrible takes"
Does the principle of sufficient reason imply panpsychism? If it does, do we then ponens or tollens? — Sam Kimpton-Nye on these questions and the "demand for intelligibility"
PTSD flashbacks may be harmful, but they may also be helpfully “resupplying phenomenal experience” to those who, owing to trauma, are “grasp alienated” — Michaela McSweeney on trauma and "madness-as-strategy"
A look at the very first issue of Mind — Brett Mullins surveys its articles on the occasion of the journal's 150th anniversary
The most bizarre plagiarism-related story ever — featuring: a death, an investigator, a dissertation, a mysterious red book, and more
New data on earnings by major and university — though not all universities
“AI poses two different existential threats to [our] valuing practices” — Jordan MacKenzie offers an account of why negative judgments about AI taking over our creative and caring activities are justified
“Submission” is a humorous clicker-style game about starting a career in academic philosophy (or not) — created by Nat Hansen

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it is disingenuous to claim that the academic life is somehow purely a life of the mind It's not impolite, but I'm not sure if you thought I…
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I don't think the call is for non-classical logics. I interpreted more as a call for non-classical theories of meaning, such that the words being used to express…
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While theology is not (usually) philosophy, a remarkably successful pub-centric public initiative is "Theology on Tap". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theology_on_Tap RENEW International
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To each their own. I have always admired Olberding's writing style. The tension you seem to find off putting isn't arbitrary, though. This is a philosopher who is…
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There are things philosophy helps us think better about. That is the one thing philosophy does.